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John Adams

1767 - 1829

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John Adams, known as Jack Adams (4 July 1767– 5 March 1829), was the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the year after the mutiny. His real name was John Adams, but he used the name Alexander Smith until he was discovered in 1808 by Captain Mayhew Folger of the American whaling ship Topaz. His children used the surname "Adams". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Adams is the 153rd most popular extremist (up from 155th in 2019), the 2,147th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,987th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Adams ranks 153 out of 283. Before him are Josef Blösche, Stephen Paddock, Fred West, Alexandros Koryzis, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, and Joseph Valachi. After him are Joseph Bonanno, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Elisabeth Becker, Peter Sutcliffe, Anatoly Onoprienko, and Samuel Little.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, John Adams ranks 30. Before him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Jacques Laffitte, Alexis Bouvard, and Jacques-Laurent Agasse. After him are Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Platon Zubov, Anouvong, Heinrich Schrader, Takizawa Bakin, and Black Hawk. Among people deceased in 1829, John Adams ranks 27. Before him are Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Kittur Chennamma, Josef Dobrovský, and Sikandar Jah. After him are Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Juan Ignacio Molina, Anouvong, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, and Nikolay Raevsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Adams ranks 2,147 out of 8,785. Before him are Dick Taylor (1943), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Vanessa Bell (1879), Jack Charlton (1935), and Ian Khama (1953). After him are Mike Ratledge (1943), Donald Adamson (1939), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Edward Dickinson Baker (1811), Edwin Montagu (1879), and George Williams (1821).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Adams ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Norton (1818), John Haigh (1909), John Christie (1899), Harold Shipman (1946), Dennis Nilsen (1945), and Fred West (1941). After him are Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Bell (1957), Jonathan Wild (1683), Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), and Dick Turpin (1705).

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